The Livingston enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1914, 1887-11-26
MONTANA NEWS.

There are between seventeen AID tWen-
ty saw-mills in the Bitter Root valley.
Several Butte capitalists are considering
the project of a 100000 hotel for the
Silver City.
A militia company has been organized
in Billings. The company will be known
as the Webb guards Of Montana.
A $4,000 opera house has recently
been completed in Philipsburg, most
desirable acquisition to any town.
John Cunning, soldier stationed at
Fort Shaw, suicided last Saturday by
shooting himself through the head with
his rifle.
Doc Remington and man named
Townsend, near Stemple, had a quarrel on
Monday which resulted in the former be-
ing shot through the arm by the latter.
A west bound freight train ran into a
bunch of cattle near Thompson Falls last
Friday, ditchlng the train and making a
total wreck of the engine and ten cars.
No one killed.
The military telegraph line between
Fort Buford, Dakota, and Camp Poplar
River, Montana, sixty miles, will be ciier-
ed for sale at public auction on Wednes-
day, December 2s, 1887.
''Slag" bricks are now being manufac-
tured at the Parrott smelter, Butte, for
foundations They weigh about sixty
pounds each and are SAID to be the most
durable material that can be used.
The fall term of the district court in
Custer county adjourned Wednesday after
months session. One Brien was con-
| victed of voluntary manslaughter, and sem
fenced to two years in the penitcntiary.
Mrs. Jenny T. Shinnick, popular
young lady of Butte, was thrown from a
hack Monday night by the vehicle upset
ting. She told the driver she was un-
hurt, and after the hack was righted was
driven to her home, but on reaching home
| internal pains set in and she died before
midnight.
| The Stoddard & Howard Live Stock
company of Custer county has purchased
about 10000 steer cattle in Texas this
| wear to be moved north in the spring.
,,7OO were bought of J. W. Glass, Nav
erick county, two, three and four year olds.
for which $40, $12 and $14 were paid
respectively.
The enterprising people of Billings and
Yellowstone county are thoroughly
aroused over the project mentioned in oul
last issue of removing two tribes of 1ndi-
ans from the Northern reservation to the
Grow reserve. Public meetings are being
held and vigorous action is being taken tt
check the monied influence that is being
brought to bear to restore the Northern
Indian reservation to the public domain
at the sacrifice of eastern Montana.
Eugene Farrell, sentenced to the penl
tenr1ary in 1885 to serve five years fol
manslauohter, was pardoned ON Thanks
giving day by Gov. Leslie. He was in
d1cted for murder, having been concerned
in the killing of Chinaman with two
other parties Farrell was only 1S years
of age when sentenced. His conduct ha
been uniformly good in prison and the I
| S. marshal and other prominent officials
and citizens joined in the petition for hi
pardon.
Billings Gazette: Henry Caldwell VIII
lives short distance from town met will
a very serious loss last Saturday. Whil
husking corn he was enjoying comfort
able smoke, and knocked the ashes out 0
his pipe on a pile of corn husks. Th
wind was blowing gale and soon starte'
fire which before he and his neighbor
who came to his assistance could extin
guish it, burned up about $50 bushels G
}. corn, thousand feet of lumber, and on
end of his granary. The haystacks ha
narrow escape, it only being by tn
] hardest work that they were saved. Nj
Caldwell does not smoke now while husl
ing corn.
William Lang was shot and lnstantl
killed by Frank Loves on the Crow rese
vation, about 40 miles from Billings, G
Monday evening last. After the shootin
: Loves went to Billings to surrender hin
self TO the authorities of Yellcwstor
3 county. but Prosecuting attorney S.
Wildly woald not hold him as the affa
happened outside his jurisdiction, and |
was discharged. Loves claims to ha'
killed Lang in self defense, after the la
ter had threatened to kill him and hs
4 made several unsuccessful attempts to {
Il SO, having fred three Shots one of who
% blew the top off Loves hat. The coron
of Yellowstone county went to the sce1
; of the killing to secure Lang's body al
s. take it to Billings, where an inquest wi
= be held.
:. Virginia City Madisonian: A gent